Migration and Remigration: Jews in Germany after 1945

Haifa, 1. Juni 2003

Leo Baeck Institute London
Bucerius Center for Research of German Contemporary History and Society (University of Haifa)

This conference will bring together researchers who have recently been working on Jewish migration and remigration to Germany after 1945. In the last few years a great number of new perspectives were opened up by studies concerning the situation of Jews starting a new life in Germany after the Holocaust or going back there after having survived exile and persecution. The conference will look at social as well as intellectual history. Special emphasis will be placed on how important the so-called Wiedergutmachung was for Jews returning to Germany. The contributions will be published in the 2004 edition of the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. The lectures will be in English.